Display-rack.



A. F. FLANDERS.

DlSPLAY RACK. APPLICATION FILED Aucme, 1912. REIIEwED ocT. 3. 19m.

1,150,109. I Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH cu.. WASHINGTON, D. c.

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ALBERT F. FLANDERs, or BUFFALO, NEW YORK, assIGNon rro "A, r. FLANDERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or surnam, NEW YORK, A' conrone'roiv or NEW YORK.

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Specification Of Letters Patent. Patented Aug'. 17,1915.

Applicationled August 16, 19172, kSerial No. 715,403. Renewed October 3, 1914.Y Serial No. 864,947.

To all wiz/m it may concern t y n Be it known thatrl, ALBERT F. FnANnERs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie-and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Display-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a display rack which is designed more particularly fordisplaying neck ties, hosiery, gloves, shirts, etc., a rack of this type being shown in Letters Patent #829,897, dated August 28, 1906.

It is the object to provide yan improved rack of this character which is simple, durable, and inexpensive in construction and which can be readily adjusted to t not only articles which are of substantially uniform width throughout their length but also articles which are wider at one end than at the other, thereby rendering it-possible to display variously-shaped articles in the same rack and avoiding the necessity of keeping different kinds of racks on hand. v

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a display rack embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same.

Similar characters of reference indicate' corresponding parts in both views.

In its general organization this rack comprises a base upon which the goods to be displayed are supported and two side walls whereby the goods are confined against lateral displacement on the base. Each of the side walls may be variously constructed but in its preferred form the same comprises a horizontal longitudinal lower supporting rod or bar l, and two standards 2 of U-shape rising from this rod at Opposite ends thereof. The base connects the lower ends of the standards and is capable of being folded or unfolded more or less, so as to cause the standards to fit piles of articles which have parallel sides, or piles of articles the sides Of which are not parallel.

My invention relates more particularly to certain peculiarities of the vloa-se which is constructed as follows Arranged lengthwise between the two side walls of the rack is a telescopic member or bar which preferably comprises two bar or strip sections or members 3, 4, capable of sliding lengthwise on each other so as to extend or contract this bar in the direction of its length. These bar sections are preferably constructed of metal and havetheir inner opposing ends overlapping each other and slidably ,con-

nected kby two coupling loops or clips, 5.

The .latter embrace both sections of the telescopic bar and preferably slide freely on the lower section t but are caused tomove with therupper section 3 by punch marks or indentations 6, formed in the loops and entering the adjacent bar section, as shown r inthe drawings, or by other suitable means. At the outer .ends Vor extremities of the telescopic bar sections the same are adjustably connected bytoggle devices with the corresponding ends of the lower rods of the side walls, these toggle devices being constructed as follows: n

7, 7 represent fixed bearings or clips arranged at the outer ends of each side rod and 8, 8, represent movable bearings or clips mounted to slide lengthwise on` the central part of each side rod, each of the movable bearings forming a companion to the fixed bearing on the adjacent end of the side rod. 9 representsv a plurality of long toggle links each of which is pivotally connected at its inner end withone of fthe movable bearings while its outer end is pivotally connected with the outer enol of the adjacent section of the telescopic bar. I

l0 represents a plurality of short toggle links each of which is pivotally connected at while its inner end is pivotally connected with the central part of the adjacent long link.

Upon drawing the side walls of the rack apart for widening the rack, the inner ends of the long links andthe respectivebearings move outwardly on the side rods, while the Outer ends of these links move inwardly by reason of the same being fulcrumed between their ends on the short links, thereby causing the sections of the telescopic bar to be shortened. Upon pushing the side walls together the reverse of the action of the parts just described occurs.

When the side walls are separated or pushed together while maintaining-the saine in parallelism, the rack may beadapted to receive for display articles or piles of articles the sides of which are parallel. But when it is desired to adapt the rack for receiving articles or piles of articlesy which have converging sides two of the corresponding ends of the side walls are pressed together more than the other corresponding its outer end with one of` said liXed bearings ends, so that the rack is narrow at oneend and wide at the other end to fit the articles ,Y

to be placed in the same. It is therefore apparent that the same rack is capable of universal use for displaying articles regardless v of their shape and that only one kind ofv n fsaid'rwalls and having a telescopic bar arranged between said walls, and a plurality of toggles each of which hasone long link pivotally connected at one end with one member of the telescopic bar and slidably connected at its other end Vwith one of said walls and a short'link pivotally connected at one end with said long link between the ends thereof while its opposite end is connected with the adiacent side wall.

2. A display rack comprising two side walls, and an adjustable base connecting said walls and having a telescopic bar ar ranged -between said walls, and means for adjustably connecting said walls comprising a plurality of fined bearings each arranged at the outer end of one of said walls, a plurality of movable bearings each slidable lengthwise on the central part of one of said walls, ar plurality of long links each pivotally connected at its inner end with one of said movable bearings and pivotally connected at its outer end with the outer end of one member of said telescopic bar, and a plurality of short links each pivotally connected at its outer end with one of said fixed bearings and pivotally'connected at its inner end with the adjacent long link between the ends thereof.

3. A display rack comprising two side walls, an adjustable base connecting said walls and having a telescopic bararranged between said walls, coupling loops embracing the adjacent endsl of the members of said telescopic bar and slidable on one of said membersbut secured to the other member so as to move therewith, and a plurality .of

toggles each of which has one long link pivotally connected at one end with one member of the telescopic bar and slidably connected at its other end with one of said walls and a short link pivotally connected at one end withsaid long link between the ends thereof while its opposite end is ognnected with the adj acentside wall.

4. A display rack comprising two side walls, andan adjustable base connecting said walls and having a telescopic` bar arranged between lsaid walls, coupling loops embracing the adjacent ends of the members of said telescopic bar and slidable on -one of said members but secured to the other member so as to move therewith by means of indentations formed in said loopsand entering the respective telescopic member, and a plurality of toggles each of which has one long link pivotally connected at one end with one member of the telescopic bar and slidably connected at its other end with one of said walls anda short link pivotally connected at one end with said long link between the ends thereof while its opposite end is connected with the adjacent side wall.

Witness my hand vthis 9th day of August,

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